Combined mangle and cupboard



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, COMBINED MANGLE AND CUPBOARD. No. 417,319. Patented Dec. 1'7, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VINCENT FRANTZ, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THEODOR KUNDTZ,

OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED MANGLE AND CUPBOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,319, dated December 17, 1889. Application filed May 25, 1886. Serial No. 203,209. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WVINOENT FRANTZ, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented'certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Mangles and Linen-Cupboards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it IO pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates toa combined mangle and linen-cupboard; and it consists in certain features of construct-ion, and in combination of parts, hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

A mangle to be effective must be heavy and strong, so that great pressure can be applied to the linen.

I have therefore devised a mangle made heavy and strong, with large rolls and a spring capable of giving a ton or more pressure to the rolls. Differential gears are employed, by means of which the operator can easily turn the rolls with a crank, with a ton or more pressure on the rolls. An apron is provided for carrying the linen between the rolls and wrapping it around one roll, so that the process of smoothing the linen can be continued indefinitely by acontinued rotation of the rolls. By reversing the rolls the linen is returned to the table from whence it was fed to the rolls. The mangle is built in a linen-cupboard, where it is firmly held in convenient position for operating, and in 3 5 which cupboard the linen can be stored as it comes from the mangle. The cupboard is mounted 011 wheels or large casters, so that it can be moved at pleasure.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure l is a front elevation of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation in section on the line 0a 00, Fig. 1, the housing at this end being removed. Fig. 3' is an end elevation with the housing in place, showing 5 portions of the cupboard in section. Fig. at is a front elevation in section on the line 1 y, Fig. 2.

A represents a linen-cupboard mounted on wheels or large casters A. The cupboard is provided with suitable shelves a, and with drawers, if so preferred, for storing thelinen.

B are the mangle-rolls. These are of large size, being usually from ten to twelve inches, more or less, in diameter.

C are the housings that are built into the cupboard and made a part thereof. The boxes 1) of the upper roll are stationary in the housing, while the boxes I) of the lower roll slide vertically in suitable slots B of the housing. A A strong cross-bar D is loosely mounted on a shoulder, as shown at d, to one housing, and has a screw-rod d, that passes through the other end of the cross-bar and is connected with the adjacent housing. A strong semielliptic spring E is mounted on and secured in the middle of the cross-bar D. The ends of the spring, respectively, extend under the yoke 6 that extends between the boxes I) of the lower roll and support the same. By tightening the rod (1 the spring is raised and made to press upward on the-boxes of the lower roll to give the desired pressure on the roll. The spring should be made strong enough to sustain a weight of at least a ton or more. The upper roll has a large gear G attached, that engages a small pinion g, the latter being mounted on a crank-spindle g. The pinion g is located in front of the gear G, by means of which there is ample room for the sweep of the crank in the depth of the 80. cupboard.

An apron H, usually of strong cloth or canvas, is secured to one roller, usually the upper.

A folding table F is provided with a cleat f and hinged leg F. The cleat f is adapted, when in the position shown in Fig. 2, to rest against the board g of the frame-work, and the leg F is adapted to rest on a shelf or shoulder on the cross-piece H, which latter is 0 also a part of the f rame-work. When the table is to be turned from the horizontal position to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, it is lifted off the supports g and H and set on end on the upper face of cross- 5 piece H and then slid. sidewise untilone side edge thereof is overlapped by the side cleat I, which latter holds the table in an upright position.

In operating the device the apron is spread :00 out on the table F, and the linen, folded or otherwise, is laid thereon. By turning the turn the crank until the linen has passed -venient position on the front may easily be moved from place to place, as required. Vhen the cupboard is closed, the mangle, together with the linen, is protected from dust and dirt, and the former is therefore always ready for use.

The mangle is not designed for polishing linen, such as shirt-bosoms, collars, cuffs, &c.; but for smoothing linen the mangle will be found desirable.

What I claim is The combination, with a linen-cupboard and a mangle built therein, of the boards 9 and II, the cleat I, and the movable table. having a hinged leg, the lower end of which is adapted to rest on the board H, and a cleat adapted to bear against the inner face of the board g, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence of two witnesses, this 13th day of May, 1886.

\VINCENT FRANTZ.

crank the rolls are slowly revolved, and the apron and linen are drawn between the rolls and wound around the roll to which the apron is attached. One passage of the linen through the rolls is not sut'ficient to smooth the linen well, and the operator therefore continues to through the rolls a more or less number of times, according to the kind of fabric being mangled and the quality of the Work desired. When the free end of the apron is in a conside of the roll, to which it is attached, the operator reverses the roll and draws the apron by hand out onto the table. The linen is then removed, and may be packed away in the cupboard. A supply of linen is placed on the apron and the operation is repeated. I The-location of the mangle in the cupboard I is such that the parts are in convenient posi- 1 tion for operating. The cupboard, in. case it 1 stands Where there is not good light or for 1 lVitnesses: other reason isnot in a good position for op- CHAS. H. DORER, crating the mangle or for inspecting the linen, l ALBERT E. LYNCH. 

